Yes, I return with a new chapter. I personally hate it with a bloody passion of 1000 suns, but who am I to judge my own work?? I kinda wrote a lot of it while watching the Super Bowl...GO PATRIOTS! It's still going on by the way, I really do hope New England wins, even though Eli Manning is very attractive.

Disclaimer: I own my fantasies, that's about it...
Warnings: death, shounenai and typos. nuff said.

She looked at me with hard eyes. If she thought she was intimidating me, she was dead wrong. The prosecution meandered up to Emily, halting to readjust his stance in front of the young lady.

"What was your relationship with Max?"

"We bladed on the same team together for a year and I know his mother quite well," Emily stated her lips curving slightly upward at the mention on Judy. Needless to say, it was kind of creepy.

"So you were just friends with him," He paused dramatically, "Or were you something more?"

Emily scowled at this. "We were definitely just friends. Max was gay," she sneered, "And the week before he died, he was dating Tala's best friend. Kai Hiwatari."

"I see," the lawyer then stepped back a couple of feet for his next question. "Now, may I ask? What is your relationship with the defendant?"

"Tala and I? We never really talked more than was necessary," Emily shrugged, sounding casual. I did admit to myself that she was right. I had just learned her last name that day.

"When was it necessary to speak to him?"

"The occasional 'do you have an extra pencil', 'move your head, you're blocking the chalkboard', that kind of necessary," Emily stated, once again, casually.

"And we have phone records showing that you called Kai Hiwatari's home the day Max was found dead, care to explain?" The lawyer asked whilst handing papers to Judge Aspler.

"I was wondering where he was, he was supposed to work on an English project with me after he went over to Kai's house, but he didn't come when he said he would. So I called Kai. Tala answered and said Max was asleep. So I said goodbye to Tala and hung up."

"Tala was at Kai's house the day Max died?" The lawyer asked with fake surprise. I had even seen a juror roll her eyes.

"Yes, as I recall he was."

"Thank you. No more questions," The lawyer sat in his chair and leaned back as he awaited cross-examination.

My lifeline stood up. "I noticed earlier during your testimony that you didn't seem too smitten with the fact that your friend, Max was gay. Would you like to explain to the room your reasoning behind this?"

"I always told Max, after he came out, that I accepted his choice, but I didn't really approve of it." She kept her composure, but looked a little ashamed.

"So, you're homophobic?" My lawyer eyed the jury, knowing he was about to win one?

Emily was silent.

"Ms. York, it's a simple yes or no question."

"...Yes."

A few gasps were heard. I turned around in my seat to look at Kai. His eyes blazed with fire while he burned holes in Emily's head.

"But, Judy. Max's mother is worse. She didn't speak to Max for five months after he told her that he was gay."

"Max's mother isn't the one on trial, Ms. York." My lawyer took his seat and let the trial resume.

"On count of the murder of Max Tate, in the first degree, how do you find the defendant?"

A lady in a bright purple sweater lifted up her cue card and read: "We find the defendant..." we all waited in suspense "not guilty."

The slumped into my chair, deeply exhaling a breath I didn't know I'd been holding. One more time, I contorted my body to face the pews of on lookers. I saw Spencer quietly talking to Kai. They both looked up and smiled at me, teeth gleaming from the florescent lights.

My lips started turning up to return the gesture, when I was jerked into a standing position, hands pulled behind my back and wrists turned frigid by cold steel.

Looking back up at Kai, he seemed horrified. Eyes full of shock and mouth in a perfect circle.

Back to my cell I went.

See? SEE? I just really don't like it, but I told people I'd update this weekend so I will. Just... ya...

Sora!